Water Park

Howdy...you probably can't tell by how I'm typing, but this is Pat. I decided that after 3 years, I'm going to get in on this blogging thing. I don't want my kids to grow up thinking that Dad doesn't get excited about the memories too.

Today Briana and I took Lucy and Aunt ZeeZee (Lindsey) to the Willis Tucker park which has a great water play area. (How anyone got funding to build a water play area at a public park in a town that gets one sunny day a month is beyond me, but I'm happy for it.) Lucy needed a little encouragement to get in on the action, but in no time she was spazzing out with the best of them. Lucy does this crazy little prancing two step when she's excited. It was on full display today.

Top quilt

Well, I am so close to finishing the top of my quilt! Here is a picture of my progress so far. A few more rows of squares to add and then begins the back and actual quilting part. It has been so much fun and a bit painful too. :)


I leave you with this...

The Little Things

I wish that I had a video camera going full time to capture all of the hilarious things that Lucia says and does these days. I love her little sayings and how she expresses herself, so I thought that I would try to remember some of them here.

1. When Pat comes home, she rushes to the door, pulls it open and yells "Welcome Draky". Drake is my nickname for Pat. Who knows how it came to be. Then she starts talking crazy fast trying to tell him all about her day before he can even get a foot in the door.
2. When she woke up from her nap the other day she yelled "Mommy, I waked up!"
3. I asked her if she would share her toys with baby brother when he was born. She said "OK Mommy" and then promptly brought over a few legos and set them on my belly.
4. We had an doctors apt. this week and I told her in advance that we would hear brother's heart beat. I asked her what she thought on the way home and she said "Mommy, baby brother heart is loud." She was referring to the loud static that you hear when the nurse first starts looking for the heart beat.
5. She was laying on one of our sofas last night and she said "Mommy lay on that one" pointing to the other sofa in the room. So, I did and then told her that we should talk about our feelings. :) I asked her how she was feeling. Her response was "pretty good mommy".
6. Lucy was asking to play with the little baby play gym and I told her that she was too big and that it was for baby brother. She said "that's right" then thought for a minute and said "mommy, baby brother needs to share that!".
7. We are working on potty training and now when she needs to poop she tells me "Out da way mommy". Today was a new one though. She walked into the bathroom and shut the door. When I went in after her, she said "out da way" again so I left (leaving the door open) and she shouted "shut da door please mommy".
8. We bought a little toddler bible for Lucia a week or so ago and she absolutely loves it! She asks me to read it before she even gets out of her crib in the morning and then gives me full baby sermons on Joseph, Jonah and the Whale, Noah, Daniel and the Lions Den, Jesus healing people...and the list goes on. My favorite is Jonah and her phrases include: "Jonah go Ninva",
"God give SECOND CHANCE" (second chance is said with lots of enthusiasm), "Be sweet Ninva", "Jonah obey God". It is really really cute.
9. Another quote from the bible that she said last night was "God's Choooosen people...Israel God's choooosen people". I then explained that Israel is God's chosen group of people but that God also chose us to love, mommy, daddy, and Lucia. Then she started naming us with "God's choooosen people" added to the end.

A Toddler Room!

We have been working hard on Lucia's new toddler room. She will move out of the nursery around the end of July and into her new space! I'm really excited about it. It is starting to come together. Pat has been painting and I have been quilting. I am excited to move everything into the room in the next few weeks and, fingers crossed, be done with the quilt! Then we will start working on the details like pillows, decorations on the walls, and curtains.

The "Before" picture with all of the guest room furniture and decorations removed. (oh how I have hated the color in this room for YEARS...peace out nasty room color!) And that is Lucy's little bed in the room.
Pat doing the dreaded job of cutting in with the paint. It looks like toothpaste and it is AWESOME! :) I love color.
A little blonde helper
Piecing together my quilt! At some point I will have to estimate how many hours I have spent on this thing.

Shoes and a hat

I'm trying not to go too crazy buying boy clothes because a few of our friends have offered to loan us clothing, which is so great and generous of them. I have caved though on a little hat and pair of shoes. They were too cute. I couldn't resist them.

So...here is the start of our little baby boy collection.


My mom has also graciously (and maybe a bit reluctantly) offered to sew the crib bedding once again. She is a trooper. I'm sewing a twin size quilt for Lucia's toddler bed along with pillows for her bed and the little guy's chair, and perhaps curtains for both rooms, so I am maxed out on sewing projects. I'm excited to see how the crib bedding turns!

Here is an oppressively large picture of the main crib fabric. This is monster sized.

More Ultrasounds Lovilness

I scanned in a few additional pictures of our little boy from our 19 week ultrasound. I'll keep the "it's a boy" picture off of the internet. :)

This is looking straight down with his face on the left and belly on the right
His shin bones down to his feet. His little feet are crossed. :)
This is just a better picture of the original profile shot that I posted. Still not a great one but less blurry

Vintage Lucia

I can't believe that I forgot that my mom sent me this dress, but I just came across it the other day while nesting like a total psycho preggers lady. Anyway, it was my old dress and it fits Lucia perfectly right now! What luck! She has worn it a few times and is ADORABLE in it. It makes me want to go vintage clothes shopping for her. She wore it to church on Sunday. Here are a few photos. It is hard to get this lady to hold still these days. She is a runner!